correctional facility
noun
plural correctional facilities
: a place where people are kept when they have been arrested and are being punished for a crime : a prison
The state's largest correctional facility is nearly full.
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Officials said McIntosh used social media to sell the sheets and envelopes, with customers paying her to mail the documents to inmates at correctional facilities, the prosecutors said.
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
For example, in November 2024, People magazine reported the breakfast offerings at the correctional facility.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Peltier was released on February 18 from a federal correctional facility in Florida to home confinement at the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota.
—Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
Visitation at all state correctional facilities was canceled at some points during the strike.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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Megan Forrester, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
For example, in November 2024, People magazine reported the breakfast offerings at the correctional facility.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Peltier was released on February 18 from a federal correctional facility in Florida to home confinement at the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota.
—Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
Visitation at all state correctional facilities was canceled at some points during the strike.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for correctional facility
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“Correctional facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/correctional%20facility. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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